Arsenal: champs after 22 years. Not a fan but have to say they’ve deserved it this year: best defence for sure ! And who knows a Champions League double awaits too! 👍👍⭐️
🚨 Pep Guardiola to leave position as Manchester City manager at end of this season. 55yo Spaniard departing after trophy-laden decade & set to be replaced by Enzo Maresca. No official confirmation yet from #MCFC. W/ @SamLee@TheAthleticFC after @MailSport https://t.co/FMjZXxfuPq
@atulkasbekar whatever happens, It’s been an honor to be in the trenches with you, shoulder to shoulder through the hard yards, the pressure, and the moments that mattered most.
We go tomorrow and hopefully we can experience something precious together.
#COYG
emotional for tomorrow....whatever happens, It’s been an honor to be in the trenches with you, shoulder to shoulder through the hard yards, the pressure, and the moments that mattered most.
We go tomorrow and hopefully we can experience something precious together.
#COYG
The bank scene in SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION was staged so Andy is “walking out” the warden’s identity in each shot. They used a real bank in Ohio and Frank Darabont said the costume, posture, and how Andy signs the forms were directed to feel like freedom. https://t.co/y2zTh6whfv
#Arsenal haven't won a title in 22 years. Since then, we were derided for our beautiful football, with the Gary Nevilles of the world describing us as weak, spineless, naive and arrogant, and using phrases like 'men against boys', 'messed around' and 'over emotional'.
We've now found a way to get over the line. Many of our marginal wins would have led to dropped points in previous seasons, but we we have found solutions such as set pieces and defensive disciple that kick in when our technical level drops, and that's why we're seven points clear.
Winning duels, making recoveries and keeping your shape is a boring cliche, but they are the basics that every title winning team has had. It may not always be enjoyable to watch, but ask yourself, would you prefer a scrappy 1-1 or a 2-1 defeat on the days it's not going right, or would you prefer the team to grind out a win?
We had the days of feeling robbed because our football didn't lead to the results we felt we deserved. This team has both. Players like Rice, Gabriel, Hincapie, Timber and Saliba allow us to play suffer ball when needed, and force the opposition to play in the areas we want to reduce their threat, but they can also mix it with the best ball players and slap teams like Tottenham and Villa 4-1 and Leeds 5-0 and 4-0.
The Invincibles learnt this too. They outplayed everyone in 02/03 and fell short. In 03/04 they returned with a ruthless desire to get over the line, and it led to a title with plenty of 1-0 wins. We forget what it takes to get to the top, especially when it has been such a long climb, but this team is doing it.
Criticise Mikel Arteta all you want, but look at where he has got us. Look at the standards we hold the team to. Look at how many clubs are trying to replicate what we're doing. This is a glorious position to be in.
Now, buckle up, and get behind this team. We've got a title to win.
#ARSCHE
My extremely unbiased, completely rational two cents…
Declan could have had a pen for the hold and the handball.
Not so much the holding because apparently every corner is now a Royal Rumble and the ref’s just there for vibes but that arm did go up like he was hailing an Uber.
Naturally, VAR did what VAR does best: exist expensively.
That said, it didn’t cost Chelsea because the very next corner went in. So technically the football gods fixed that. See! The Arsenal even score set pieces for you!
Fofana’s handball in the earlier game? Also not given. See below ⬇️
Both were pens imo
The officiating continues its proud tradition of interpretive refereeing.
Game got nervy once Chelsea went down to 10.
I thought we’d suffocate them. Instead, fair play, they turned into caffeinated honey badgers. Apparently they completed twice as many passes after the red card.
Bold strategy, play better with fewer players.
Still… we own you in the post-Roman era 🤷🏼♂️
First half we were cooking. Could’ve been 2-3 up easy.
But in the final third? Pass selection looked like someone hit “random” on FIFA. Nothing sticking.
Gyökeres had a meh game
And of course I brought him into my FPL. Because I enjoy self-inflicted trauma.
Chelsea and red cards though? 🤔
Neto fouling Martinelli that far from goal is bizarre. 9 reds this season?
That’s not a stat, that’s a lifestyle.
When did Neto get his 1st yellow? Missed that completely. Seems so did Pedro
Raya? Unreal.
Man was basically a Spanish brick wall with gloves. What. A. Keeper.
Nørgaard needs more minutes.
Declan may have a nuclear engine, but even nuclear reactors need shielding. Wrap him in bubble wrap till (I’m manifesting now) the Champions League semis/final. 😉
Please let that knock be minor.
I miss Merino.
The midfield needs his calm, grown-up energy when things get chaotic.
And Eze as a 9? Not for me.
Pls have him wide left when Martin’s back. Too many errant passes. Sometimes he strolls like he’s window shopping.
I prefer the electron-level hustle Ødegaard brings, constant movement, chaos in tight spaces, pure leadership. Always looks like he wants the ball
Anyway.
Three points.
Mild cardiac event at the end.
Standard Gooner experience.
Onward. 🔴⚪
@aakashgupta@lavsmohan "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." (Bhagavad Gita 9:4)